Determination of haematological reference intervals in healthy adult greyhounds

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Campora, C ^a   Freeman, K P ^a   Lewis, F I ^b   Gibson, G ^a   Sacchini, F ^a   Sanchez Vazquez, M J ^c  

^a IDEXX Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DOG; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEDIGREE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PEDIGREE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79957919207     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2011.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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